Histogenetic heterogeneity in carcinosarcoma of the esophagus: Report of a case with immunohistochemical and molecular analyses

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 905-909

  Nakagawa, Satoru ^a   Nishimaki, Tadashi ^a   Suzuki, Tsutomu ^a   Yokoyama, Naoyuki ^a   Kuwabara, Shirou ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Esophageal neoplasms; Histogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; p53 gene mutation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DISEASE MARKER; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GIANT CELL; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENES, P53; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032942145     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026640009829     Document Type: Article

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